Benz’s Blog Vox 2008-05-25T21:14:12Z Benz http://benzblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41438721a3c7f/ Egypt and Jordan tag:vox.com,2008-05-25:asset-6a00d41438721a3c7f00fa96782be60002 2008-05-25T21:14:12Z 2008-05-25T21:14:12Z Benz http://benzblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This blog contains the daily entries of 50 days spent in Egypt and Jordan from 17th Nov. 2007 to 5th Jan. 2008. My latest pictures and most up to date stuff can be found at the Benz World Blog.

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Petra MarketPic Boat Cannon

Petra, Jordan Khan el Khalili, Cairo Hotels from Space, Dahab Kerak Castle, Jordan

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Big-Head

The time has come to pack our bags for the last time and ready ourselves for the 19hr stopover flight back to the UK. Last night we got out the map to see what we had done. It breaks down something like this: 200 miles on foot,320 miles by boat,8...

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Abou El Sid

Most of the food we have eaten on this trip has been either cheap tasty Egyptian or five star westernised hotel food. Today we had a recommendation from some French tourists and we tried our first five star Egyptian food. We knew we had found some...

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]]> Training Day tag:vox.com,2008-01-01:asset-6a00d41438721a3c7f00e398cdac5d0003 2008-01-01T11:54:47Z 2008-01-10T15:46:31Z Benz http://benzblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Last night we returned to Cairo. The first class sleeper train was full so we got the second class day train. We had prepared ourselves for the worst, as it only cost £5 for a 600 mile journey. Over all we were pleasantly surprised. The seats had ...

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Heron

This blog would not be complete without mentioning the wildlife. We have seen lots of cats. At one point Karen had seven watching her eat a seafood dinner. Despite this we have seen many species of birds: Kingfishers, Vultures, Eagles, Herons, Wag...

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Temple of Hathor Our Ship the MS Tania

Since travelling south of Luxor we have met many Nubians. The Nubians lost their homeland in the sixties, when Lake Nasser was formed, during the construction of The High Dam. About one third of them went south to Sudan and the rest seem to be spr...

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Course 6 of 9

We set sail on Christmas Eve bound for Abu Simbel on Lake Nasser. The food onboard has been the best we have tasted for a while so after gorging ourselves on a huge buffet lunch we were both ready to doze off when we heard the gong for dinner. We ...

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Tomb and Balloon

We went to bed early as we had a 5am pickup for a sunrise balloon ride over Deir-el-Medina and the Luxor tombs and temples. Take off and landing were a gentle affair as was the flight. The basket was split into five sections, the captain at the ce...

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Luxors Floating Bridge

We arrived back in Luxor this morning. On advice from some Aussie backpackers we decided to stay on the West Bank of the Nile this time. Although the two big temples are on the East so are all the tourist traps. The West Bank feels like a world aw...

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